Broom-holder



H, 0. BEOKMANN. BROOM HOLDER.

(No Model.)

A wf w EV M fi v that a broom being placed in the holder, with UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY C. BECKMANN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

BROOM-HOLDER.

epson-:emma fprming part ef Letters Patent No. 484,819, aata August 19, 1890.

Application fiiea March 17, 1890.1*

.To all wiz/0m, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. BECKMANN, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Broom-l-Iolders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This holder is intended to hold a number of brooms in such a manner that any one of the number may be removed without throwing the remaining brooms into disorder, the construction of the holder being such that the brooms are adjusted into orderly position Without any manipulation to that end.

Figure I is a side elevation of the holder filled with brooms. Fig. II is a front elevation of the same. i

1 is a plate fixed to a Wall, post, standard, or other support 2 'of any Character.

3 are two bracket-frames extending from the plate 1 in a direction parallel with each other and a distance asunder, but slightly exceeding the diameter of the part of the broom-handle 4, which is between them. The upper edges 5 of the frames are inclined down- Ward from the Wall or other support 2, so

its head 6 resting on the top of the frames, will slide down to the outer endsv of the frames,where it is arrested by the upward projections 7 upon the ends of the frames. The brace-bars 8 of the frames are so near together as to keep the handlest of the brooms in one plane, the' handles, however, fitting easily between the bars 8, so that they form no impediment in placing the broom in the flerial No. 344,171. (No model.)

holder or removing it therefrom'. It will be seen that the head of each broom presses against the head of the one outside it and pushes the lower end of the handle inward toward the support 2, and thus the lower end of the inner handle is pressed against the support and the next handle againstit, and so on to the outside, as seen in' Figzl, and this will be the case even when the holder is not filled. It will be seen that the brooms are held in a compact and orderly condition and all in sight, and` that any one or more may be readilyremoved from the rack. The space between the frames 5 at top is widened to receive the enlargement of the broom at that point, so that the frame conforms to the Shape of the broom-handle. When either of the brooms is removed from the holder, the brooms behind it slide forward, so that the holder is always full at the front.

I claim as new and of my invention- .1. 'In a broom-holder, the parallel frames 3, with tops 5 extending forward and downward from a suitable support or back and having projections 7, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A broom-holder consisting of a suitable back or support and two outwardly and downwardly projecting arms being` broad ina substantially Vertical plane and having theirinner faces curved to conform to the broomhandle', substantially as herein shown and described.

H. O. BECKMANN.

In presence of- SAML. KNIGHT, BENJN. A. KNIGHT. 

